Defective Remington Gold 22lr Ammo

[RaBar]

Bought a new S&W model 63-5 .22lr revolver. During the first use, after only three shots firing Remington 22 LR 36 gr Golden bullets, the cylinder refused to rotate further. Removed the ammo and replaced it with eight new rounds. Same thing after only three or four rounds. This time, however, one of the casings was split and had peeled back upon firing. I found metal particles inside the cylinders.
I cleaned out the particles and, thinking it might be a bad batch, I switched to a second box of the same ammo. Fired about 100 rounds with no further mishaps whatsoever.
1. Is this normal for this type ammo?
2. How do I dispose of 500+ rounds of unused ammo?

Forgive the 'rookie' questions, but I am a rookie in the world of handguns.

 

[Dragon88]

First off, Remington Golden Bullets ("Golden Turds") are the worst .22 ammo money can buy. Even so, the cases should not have split. Call Remington and see what they will do for you. Normally I'd say try them in a different gun, but it's not worth the risk for $18 worth of .22.

 

[gmiller0737]

I think most replys will be the same as My experience Stay Far away from Remington Rimfire Ammo It has been problematic in about every gun I have tried it in,I will no longer purchase any Remington Rimfire Ammo & Stick to Federal & CCI and Occasionaly Winchester 333 or 555

 

[RaBar]

Thanks for the advice. Now how do I safely and legally dispose of live ammo?

 

[Clark B]

I've fired thousands of those Remington golden bullet .22s. Get about 3-5 duds per box, but other than that have no other problems. They perform about like the Federal and Winchester bulk .22s I've shot.

 

[Clark B]

Thanks for the advice. Now how do I safely and legally dispose of live ammo?

I pull the lead and dump the powder of any ammo I don't want. But then again I'm cheap enough to actually cast the lead into somthing else.

 

[2152hq]

I've had alot of duds w/ Rem golden bullet 22's. I pulled a few and you can see that instead of the inner rim being coated with green priming compound, it is just a here and there type of condition. Better on some,,almost non-existant on others.

I never had any split dispite fireing the many I had unfortunetly purchased.
That was until I opened a new bulk box and fired one magazine in a STAR model F Target pistol.
2 out of the full magazine split on firing requiring them to be pried out of the chamber. The pistol has fired thousands of rounds and never has it had a problem. I've owned it for 20+ yrs.
A return to CCI ammo cured the problem.

Nice job Remington.
A few years ago it was the pure lead bullets in the ThunderDuds,,now this.

PMC 22's used to be cheap, and they worked all the time.

 

[TSQUARED]

I have experienced ignition failures with Remington Golden Bullet bulk pack ammo in several semi auto pistols but not in others. Recently I attempted using it in my S&W 617 revolver and older Model 63 revolver. I have shot 3450 rounds through the S&W617 withpout a single ignition failure (450 rounds this afternoon) and 1500 rounds through my old S&W 63. I have to conclude that the problem with Remington Golden Bullet ammo is that the priming compound is brittle and some breaks off in the process of cycling the semi autos - whereas in the revolvers it's 100% reliable. It's taken me a long time to figure this one out.

 

[RaBar]

Thanks all, for the replies. TSQUARED, please note the rounds were being fired in a brand spanking new S&W model 63 revolver. I've decided, however, to stay away from Remington in the future.
Again, thanks to all for advising a rookie.

 

[cjw3]

"Defective" and "Remington .22 ammo" are synonymous, IMO. At the range I use most of the time, staff/volunteers pick up discarded ammunition from in front of the benches. You would be STUNNED to see how much of it is Remington .22 LR.

I never had any do what you describe, but the last I tried was like Forrest Gump's box of chocolates...you never know what you're going to get. WIDE variations in report (and impact), several duds, just worse than useless. These were fired in a K-.22 and a Model 63, so it sure wasn't the guns.

If you bother to contact them about it, you will be told to ship it to them (on your dime) so they can inspect it. Along with this in the reply letter, they apologized for the problems I was having with the "........centerfire ammunition" I had purchased. They couldn't even send the right form letter.....

For the bulk grade stuff, I stick with Federal. I might get one misfire in 2 boxes of 550.

 

[Steve in Vermont]

Thanks all, for the replies. TSQUARED, please note the rounds were being fired in a brand spanking new S&W model 63 revolver. I've decided, however, to stay away from Remington in the future.
Again, thanks to all for advising a rookie.

FWIW, I started shooting a new 63 this past winter and had a problem with CCI Mini Mags. The casings would jam after a few rounds and ejection was hard. I couldn't resolve the problem until I switched to Federal 36 grain Bulk. I've fired over 3 boxes (1500 rounds) since then, approx 2 FTF and no jamming or ejection problems. And their clean and cheap. Hope this helps.

 

[TSQUARED]

Thanks all, for the replies. TSQUARED, please note the rounds were being fired in a brand spanking new S&W model 63 revolver. I've decided, however, to stay away from Remington in the future.
Again, thanks to all for advising a rookie.

RaBar,
Mine is one of the first run Model 63's from 20+ years ago. I have found that the best bulk pack ammo is the Federal copper washed/plated HV HP - it's also much cleaner burning than the Remington Golden. I need either Remington Golden or CCI MiniMag to run my AA conversion kits for the Glock and the Jarvis conversion unit for the 1911 - if it were not for that I woud not purchse any Remington Golden.

 

[22 HORNET]

call Remingtion and send it back to them. they will give you a refund.

 

[FredFred]

Not long ago, I talked with a fellow who works at a gun range about this very same ammo issue. He told me that the best "standard" .22 ammo is Blazer and American Eagle.

(I've also had good results with CCI Velocitor ammo).





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